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Clostridium perfringens. Diseases caused by Clostridium perfringens appear as a chronic or acute enteritis of piglets. Alternative names: Clostridial diseases, Clostridium perfringens type A, Clostridium perfringens type C, necrotic enteritis. Diseases caused by Clostridium perfringens appear as a chronic or acute enteritis of piglets. Clostridia are gram positive bacteria of a great size, which produce spores.
The role of clostridia in the pathogenesis of polmicrobial infections is unclear (28, 29). Clostridium perfringens is the most common clinical isolate of the genus. It is a ubiquitous bacterium associated with several exotoxin-mediated clinical diseases. There are 12 recognized toxins, and the species is divided into types A through E on the basis of the spectrum of toxins produced (16).